pintado
Americannoun
PLURAL
pintados, pintadoesEtymology
Origin of pintado
1595–1605; < Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta
Example Sentences
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This partridge attains the size of the pintado.
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If you choose to take a shot-gun to-morrow you will find pintado, pigeons, parrots, ducks and geese abundant, only beware of the caiman, for the rivers literally swarm with them.
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The ship was now surrounded by albatrosses, penguins, and pintado birds.
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The albatross, stormy petrel, and pintado are our companions; yet there is a pleasure in stemming the apparently irresistible waves, and in wrestling thus with the elements.
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The French translation has petrels tachetes, i.e., “pintado petrels,” or cape pigeons. 101-1 More exactly, “On which it seems the Admiral had painted certain islands.”
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